Configure Scale-out Storage Cluster

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 KEY FEATURES

QuantaStor’s SAN/NAS storage appliances provide a combination of file and block storage suitable for a broad spectrum of use cases. Each appliance contains SSD to accelerate write performance and each cluster must contain a minimum
of 3x appliances. QuantaStor’s web-based management interface, REST APIs and QS CLI make storage provisioning and automation easy.


QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliance Features

  • Provides NFS, SMB and iSCSI storage
  • Compression, AES 256 bit Encryption
  • Remote-replication between QuantaStor appliances across IBM data centers and on-premises locations for hybrid cloud.
  • Snapshot Schedules with long term snapshot retention options.
  • Hybrid SSD+HDD configuration provide economical capacity with performance
  • All-Flash configurations deliver maximum IOPS
  • Easy web-based management with Storage Grid technology
  • NIST 800-53, HIPAA, CJIS compliant
  • FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliant options available Q4/18
  • Advanced Role Based Access Controls
  • Automatable via QS CLI and REST API
  • VMware certified and VMware VAAI integrated
 USE CASES
  • File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc)
  • Database Storage
  • Data analytics
  • NAS archive
  • Disk-to-disk backup
 EXPANDABLE

Add additional drives to expand capacity. Additional appliances may be added to a given storage grid for easy management of all appliances across IBM data centers. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning a 24 bay or 36 bay server with
free drive bays available for expandability as expansion disk-enclosures are not available as an add-on
except at the time of initial server/appliance deployment.

 EXPECTED PERFORMANCE

Each appliance is configured with at least one storage pool and each pool will deliver 400MB to 1.6GB/sec sequential throughput depending on block size and number of disks. IOPS are increased through the use of mirrored SSD storage
configured as a write log which in turn will increase IOPS to 10K to 20K depending on block size and access patterns. All-Flash configurations will deliver over 100K sustained R/W IOPS.

 QUICK CONFIGURATION STEPS

Step One: Storage Management Tab → Controllers & Enclosures → Right-click Controller → Configure Pass-thru devices → Select all → Click OK
Step Two: Storage Management Tab → Storage Pools → Create Storage Pool → Click OK

For iSCSI Block Storage Provisioning:

  • Storage Management Tab → Hosts → Add Host → Enter host IQN → Click OK (do this for each host)
  • Storage Management Tab → Storage Volumes → Create Storage Volume → Enter volume name, select a size, → Click OK
  • Storage Management Tab → Hosts → Right-click Host → Assign Volumes → Select volumes → Click OK

For NFS/SMB File Storage Provisioning:

  • Storage Management Tab → Network Shares → Create Network Share → Click OK (do this for each share)
  • Storage Management Tab → Network Shares → Modify Network Share & SMB Access → Adjust Settings → Click OK (do this for each share)


 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances

Hardware Networking Licenses and Fees
Small and Medium Tier configurations use 2RU server with 12x drive bays.
Large Tier configurations use 4RU server with 24x or 36x drive bays.
All configurations include mirrored boot.
All Hybrid configurations include 2x 800GB SSD for write acceleration. 		2x 10GbE Private Network ports recommended for all configurations.
Use LACP bonded network ports when NFS based Datastores are to be configured. 		Select the OSNEXUS operating system QuantaStor license tier based on the amount of raw storage capacity.
License, maintenance, upgrades, and support included.
 CONFIGURATIONS

Hybrid SAN/NAS Configuration Options

Small Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 16TB Medium Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 48TB Large Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 128TB Extra-large Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 256TB
2x E5-2620v4, 64GB RAM, 8x 2TB, QS Small Tier License
2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot)
2x 10GbE Private Network ports 		2x E5-2620v4, 128GB RAM, 8x 6TB, QS Medium Tier License
2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot)
2x 10GbE Private Network ports 		2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 16x 8TB, QS Large Tier License
2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot)
2x 10GbE Private Network ports 		2x E5-2650v4, 256GB RAM, 32x 8TB, QS XL Tier License
2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot)
2x 10GbE Private Network ports

All Flash Configuration Options

Small Tier – All-Flash SAN/NAS – 15.2TB Medium Tier – All-Flash SAN/NAS – 41.8T
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 8x 1.9TB SSD, QS Small Tier License
2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 22x 1.9TB SSD, QS Medium Tier License
2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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